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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning April 28.
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The planned amendment would outlaw new tobacco or hemp retail across most of the entire city.
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Teodoro Dominguez-Rodriguez and Pablo Aparicio-Marcelino were arrested Tuesday.
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The Positive Youth Development Fund has offered grants using the money.
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FBI Director Kash Patel says his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan "intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse."
NPR News
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Duterte's youngest son, Sebastian, the incumbent mayor of Davao, was declared Davao vice mayor. His eldest son, Paolo, was reelected as a member of the House of Representatives, and two grandsons won in local races, an indication of the family's continued influence.
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Republicans' proposed Medicaid cuts will cause 8.6 million people to lose health insurance by 2034, an estimate shows. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said it will cost Republicans seats in Congress.
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Pope Leo XIV and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy spoke by phone recently, according to the Vatican.
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NPR has identified some Trump officials with ties to antisemitic extremists. And, why Trump's pledge to potentially lift sanctions on Syria is significant.
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Gulf states are keen to invest in Syria, which has important mineral and oil reserves, but had been prevented from doing so by U.S. sanctions. President Trump has now pledged to lift the restrictions.
Arts & Culture
- Tara Roberts helps scuba divers uncover slave shipwrecks
- New Burying Ground honors enslaved labor at University of Richmond
- Museums, libraries and cultural groups grapple with federal humanities cuts
- ‘Idleness and boredom’: Virginia juvenile justice system strained by staffing shortages
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